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Longford County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Ballykenny, Cloondara, Co. Longford
10 March 2026 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the Longford County Council planning register · published 1 September 2026
Longford County Council granted permission on 10 March 2026 for a battery energy storage plant at Ballykenny, Cloondara, an application first lodged on 18 September 2025.
Key facts
- Reference
- 2560203
- Planning authority
- Longford County Council
- Location
- Ballykenny, Cloondara, Co. Longford
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Application type
- PERMISSION
- Site area
- 0.4 hectares
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- CONDITIONAL
- Decision date
- 10 March 2026
In context
It is one of 2 battery storage applications Longford County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 59 nationally. Of the 72 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.
What happens next
The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 10 March 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the Longford County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
(i) Construction of a Stationary Battery Energy Storage Facility which includes eighteen 20ft containers and five medium voltage transformers, (ii) Construction of a single storey substation building along with a GRP kiosk and an acoustic fence and (iii) All associated site and development works
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Longford County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Ballykenny, Cloondara, Co. Longford", 10 March 2026. https://www.permission.ie/news/longford-county-council/2560203
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/longford-county-council/2560203">Longford County Council grants permission for battery energy storage plant at Ballykenny, Cloondara, Co. Longford</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 10 March 2026.</p>
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